Inventors

Question 1

What did Josephine Cochran invent?

Answer 1

The dishwasher

Question 2

Where was Josephine Cochran born?

Answer 2

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Question 3

Why did Josephine Cochran invent the dishwasher?

Answer 3

Some of her dishes got chipped and she wanted to find a safer way to wash them and make housewives’ lives easier

Question 4

How did Josephine Cochran pay for her invention?

Answer 4

Her husband died and left her with money

Question 5

Where did Josephine Cochran design her first model of the dishwasher?

Answer 5

In the shed behind her house

Question 6

What is Charles Brush invent?

Answer 6

The arc lamp, used for street lights

Question 7

Where is Charles Brush from?

Answer 7

Euclid, Ohio = 10 minutes from downtown Cleveland

Question 8

What is an arc lamp?

Answer 8

lamp that burns as brightly as four thousand candles

Question 9

What did Charles Brush decide to do with his arc lamp?

Answer 9

Market his invention to cities to light the streets at night because it was too bright to be inside homes

Question 10

What was the first city to have electric street lighting?

Answer 10

Cleveland

Question 11

How did Charles Brush’s invention help?

Answer 11

provided safety and helped with travel

Question 12

James Ritty was a businessman from…

Answer 12

Dayton, Ohio

Question 13

James Ritty was suspicious of his workers when….

Answer 13

his sales didn’t match his money for his business. He thought they were stealing it

Question 14

What did James Ritty invent?

Answer 14

Cash register

Question 15

Did James Ritty keep his cash register business?

Answer 15

No, it was too hard to run more than one business so he sold his idea to someone else

Question 16

How many tries did it take James Ritty to invent the cash register?

Answer 16

Three tries

Question 17

Was James Ritty’s cash register about safety, business, travel or entertainment?

Answer 17

Business

Question 18

Granville Woods was born in either ….

Answer 18

Australia or Columbus, Ohio

Question 19

Granville Woods started working on railroads when he was what age?

Answer 19

16

Question 20

Granville Woods is known for inventing…

Answer 20

electrical devices for the railroads

Question 21

Granville Woods inventions helped make rail travel safer and ….

Answer 21

faster

Question 22

Granville Woods started what in Cincinnati, Ohio?

Answer 22

An electric company

Question 23

Who created an invention that allowed people on moving trains to communicate with people on other trains or in stations?

Answer 23

Granville Woods

Question 24

Who designed a grooved wheel called a troller, where the term trolley car came from?

Answer 24

Granville Woods

Question 25

Who invented the telegraph?

Answer 25

Granville Woods

Question 26

What did the telegraph do?

Answer 26

Let engineers and station masters speak to each other

Question 27

Where was Charles Kettering born

Answer 27

Loudonville, Ohio

Question 28

Where was Charles Kettering's first job and what did he do?

Answer 28

At the National Cash Register Company where he helped perfect the first working cash register

Question 29

What did Charles Kettering invent?

Answer 29

Electric ignition system for cars

Question 30

What did Garrett Morgan invent?

Answer 30

Traffic signal

Question 31

What are some other things that Garrett Morgan invented?

Answer 31

Hair cream, attachment for sewing machines and cigarette filter

Question 32

Why is Garrett Morgan's invention important?

Answer 32

Safety

Question 33

Where was Thomas Edison born?

Answer 33

Milan, Ohio

Question 34

What was Thomas Edison's most famous invention?

Answer 34

The light bulb

Question 35

Who is often referred to as "The Greatest Inventor"?

Answer 35

Thomas Edison

Question 36

What's a fun fact about Thomas Edison?

Answer 36

He set a barn on fire

Question 37

What are the Wright Brothers names?

Answer 37

Orville and Wilbur

Question 38

Where did the Wright Brothers grow up?

Answer 38

Dayton, Ohio

Question 39

Why did the Wright Brothers become interested in building a controlled flying device?

Answer 39

Their dad brought home a toy heliocopter

Question 40

What did the Wright Brothers study to help them create an aircraft?

Answer 40

Birds

Question 41

Where did the two brothers made their first successful flight?

Answer 41

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina